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MERT

(Massage Emergency Response Team)

 

  • AMTA MERT places professionally trained massage therapists in emergency response environments where their skill in therapeutic touch can bring respite to emergency responders and emergency response managers.
     
  • MERT may be working alongside individuals from federal and state emergency management agencies, the Red Cross, the National Guard, law enforcement, and other responding agencies.
     
  • Long before the concept of MERT, emergency management agencies developed policies and procedures allowing them to respond cooperatively and effectively to disasters.  AMTA MERT integrates into the fabric of disaster response by speaking similar language and using procedures that are familiar to all emergency management personnel.